Actors Ideas

Dance crew members

Madalen:

We chose Madalen, a drama student, to be our 'bad ballerina' and fellow geeky dance crew member because of her versatility. She can look both proud and well reserved but also has a slight crazed look about her, making the transition from her serious character at the beginning of the ballet scene to the rediculous and humorous character she becomes by the end of it. She has the right mix between both these humorous but also proud roles she has to play and so we think she will do a good job at pulling off the scene.

Nicola:

We chose Nicola, a drama student, as one of our geeks because she has a small body frame that can hunch over and resemble a geek/weaker body type. She is also racially ambiguous because of her lighter but still tanned colouring, appealing to a wider audience and also has a good geeky accent.

Rihanna: 

We needed a stereptypical 'black' character who was going to strongly represent our target audience who are mostly black british. We chose Rihanna because she is very lively and commits to her role as strong stereotype through her pronounication of the script and facial expressions. She has very black british facial features: nose, lips and short black hair, allowing our target audience to relate to the character more. 

  

Bully

Morgan:

We chose Morgan because she tall and actractive but isn't the typical blonde mean girl. Instead of that stereotype, we chose an actress that would appeal more to our mostly black british target audience by using her because of her racial ambiguity. The role she will play, will be very small so we need to create a sense of superiority very quickly. Her tall and skinny figure will give the sense of a model in this quick scene.

*Cameo:*

Cameo was a back up character that we ended up keeping in the trailer. We had aimed to reshoot the scene where she stands in on as the 'gangster' who shouts at the geek characters to 'get out my endz', his neighbourhood. It was meant to be a he, but we ran out of time to cast another person and so we kept the character as she was covered up. It also linked well with her previous  scenes of pushing the main character onto the floor and later pointing and laughing at her. We originally only wanted to use her hands but ended up using her in the laughing scene to make it seem more intimidating. Her race also helped us to relate to our target audience, as she is black and our target audience are mostly black or mixed raced. She is also darker than our main actress, implying that she has a darker personality and implicitly suggesting she is more villainous. The picture above was taken when characters where in costume about film.

Main character/main geek

Alannah:

We chose Alannah, a drama student, for many reasons. She is racially ambiguous, appealing to a wider audience. She is also in our media group so she would be available when we need her, assuring that our actress will arrive. She already wears glasses and so is used to the manerisms that come with using the prop, and commits to acting the role of a geek, through body posture and translates social awkwardness well. She is also neither skinny or overweight, and has spots, allowing her to authentically represent and appeal to the average teenager, which is our target audience.